[ad_1] It has been a turbulent 24 hours at The Potteries Centre The Potteries Centre in Hanley(Image: Pete Stonier / Stoke Sentinel) A new owner has snapped up Stoke-on-Trent’s biggest shopping centre. Belgate Estates is the new owner of The Potteries Centre. The Potteries Centre is today continuing to remain tight-lipped over the sale. It…
[ad_1] Here’s a full list of the pubs and bars the group owns in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire The Market Tavern, in Hanley A major chain with pubs and bars across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire is considering selling more than 1,000 of its venues. The move would see the firm part company with almost one in…
[ad_1] It shuts next year – and will not be replaced Lichfield Street Post Office inside Costcutter at Hanley Bus Station A post office branch within Stoke-on-Trent’s biggest bus station is to shut. The branch is inside Costcutter at Hanley Bus Station. But the operator has resigned and the branch will shut next year. Now…
[ad_1] Hanley Post Office is in The Potteries Centre Hanley Post Office queues The long-term future of a city centre post office branch remains uncertain – after the impending sale of WHSmith. Hanley Post Office has been inside WHSmith in The Potteries Centre ever since leaving its Tontine Street HQ. But WHSmith has agreed to…
[ad_1] Man in hospital Emergency services were called at 6.40am. A spokeswoman for Staffordshire Police said: “We went to Tontine Street in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, after concerns were raised for the safety of a man. “Colleagues from West Midlands Ambulance Service also attended and a man was taken to hospital.” The ambulance service say the incident…
[ad_1] Hanley’s newest karaoke bar is hoping to become a permanent fixture on the city centre’s pub scene by welcoming in waves of would-be crooners. Manager Jack Richardson-Need says the boozer was born to ‘dish out fun’. The Strangled Cat – owned by operator Breakthrough Bars – has replaced Hanley Bloom after it shut permanently…
[ad_1] A yob repeatedly hit a police officer and spat at them as trouble erupted in Hanley. Marcus Ramsden was among the throng as officers were being pelted with missiles and abuse as a riot erupted in the city centre. The 22-year-old, of Goldenhill, was told by an officer to move back after he tried…
[ad_1] One lane of a busy roundabout remains coned off this afternoon after a crash. Sand has been put down on the carriageway and cobbles have been displaced on the roundabout linking Waterloo Road, Potteries Way and Hope Street, in Hanley. The temporary repair work means traffic travelling down Waterloo Road can now no longer…
[ad_1] Police are investigating after a Royal Mail postbox was mown down by a delivery driver in the city centre. The red pillar box – on Trinity Street, in Hanley – was struck by the delivery vehicle on Wednesday night. It was knocked completely out of the ground in the incident, leaving a hole in…
[ad_1] Postal deliveries have been reinstated at a flats complex – after a mix-up left residents without their mail. Deliveries had continued at Reginald Mitchell Court, in Hanley, throughout the coronavirus pandemic with post left in the building’s reception. But that unexpectedly changed earlier this week to trigger complaints from residents. Now Royal Mail says…